All the problems in society are as a result of poor parenting. Yes/No? Why?

Question

If "yes", suggest solutions. If "no", state what you think is the prime cause of societal problems.

Additionally, say so if you are a parent yourself, or of "childbearing" age (both men and women).

Some of you have raised the point of negative influence from other people. However, why are these other people negative/bad in the first place? Couldn't you trace it back to poor upbringing again?

Answer 1

50% is due to poor parenting or guardianship the other 50% is due to nature (genetics) the nature vs. nurture is now described as nature via nuture. We are all born with certain genetic predispositions and the environment we are brought up in determines which of those "surface." For the parents/individuals that do not succeed as parents with early children...take away their "right" to bare children...make it a privledge. I am a mother of two young boys myself and in 15 to 20 years the young workforce is going to be irresponsible, the majority of their parents are and they will only get worse. I hope this helps.

Answer 2

Because I feel that children learn their basic skills and form their personalities through their family life. It is a rarity that a college graduate and a good member of society comes from a broken family (when I say broken I mean, abusive and negative). It would take a strong person to break away from what is learned at home.

But it could go the other way as well. A child could be raised in a great home but may have his/her own opinions on their way of life and go the complete opposite to what they were taught. They might have felt controlled in some way and need to rebel. Either way, it all comes from the home.

Another way is when a parent is not involved in their childrens lives. They would let their children do whatever they want at whatever time and they would think they can get away with anything. Again, all comes from the home.

Answer 3

I dissagre with the word 'ALL' Poor parenting is a large part of the problem, but it can also be attributed to lack of caring from teachers, and the government has way too big a hand in how parents can and cannot disipline their children. Television is not the best role model any more either. Also, you can have the best and most caring parents in the world, but sometimes the child is just a lost cause. There are also the unfortunate children stuck in orphanages who have no parents and sometimes inadequate guidance. I am a parent myself, and I consider myself extremely lucky that my child turned out to be a good adult. He had a lot of negative influence in his life

Answer 4

To say that all of the problems in society a bit of a reach and too broad. However, there are identifiable problems we see as sociologist such as the fact that educated parents to produce educated kids. Parents that are politically opinionated and active tend to produce kids of the same party. This is also true with religion, smoking, drinking, language choices, behaviors of what is appropriate or not, crime and drugs, and economic levels. The problem today with child rearing is that there are so many forms of stimuli on the parents and children that they are essentially seperated just trying to keep up as one sociologist describes named Kenneth Gergen in the "Saturated Self" which is a great book. He argues that there is so much going on today that people are essentially saturated or watered down and relationships, family unity, social cohesion and collectiveness and many other things are adversely affected. I think Americans need a higher pay scale, more family vacation time, more time with their kids instead of working and still being poor, and a much more improved education system combined with some form of spirituality or religion. The government likes to worry about seperation of church and state, however, economically and structurally the government has made a new problem seperation of family from family.

Answer 5

No, you would think that alot of things is due to poor parenting but look at alot of famous people of today. They had poor parents but that just made them want to grow up and be important. Now I'm not saying that being a bad parent is good, but you can't complety lay everything on a parent's shoulder you have to understand that it really does take a village to raise a child, A lot of kids who are raise in the ghetto feel that there no way of getting out of being poor. and that they must always live this way. Without a helpful hand they can't be given the support that they must really try and become someone rise out of disspointment.

Answer 6

No. We are to a great extent a reflection of our culture. We, in the Western world, are very unusual because our families are so isolated. During most of human existence children were raised within extended families at least, and usually as part of close-knit communities. To believe that the responsibility for raising kids should be on the shoulders of two parents, is unrealistic. No one is at their best all of the time. To be healthy, kids need access to a large circle of people who care about them and care for them. Parents need that too. In fact, I can't think of any other cultures, except modern industrial and post-industrial, where the parents were exclusively responsible for their kids.

Answer 7

I think it is both how a parent raises their child and who those children hang out with. Parents don't believe in discipline these days because of all the controversy over it. I think parents need to controll their kids behavior from early on. Watch your teenagers. Who cares if you are being "too controlling" You are raising a good honest adult. Its hard to keep kids out of trouble these days. I also know very good parents that try very hard to raise their kids right and in church but they still end up in trouble.

Answer 8

The short answer is yes. However there is much more to the problem than that. Children are the products of their Fathers and Mothers. They inherit the genes of them both, but it is the beliefs that shape their understanding of the world. Their beliefs come from a wide variety of stimuli, but in the end it is the parents responsibility to help their children to interpret what they take in.

Answer 9

Don't know about most but many certainly are. And I don't know what the solution would be, aside from mandatory parenting classes for anyone expecting a child. But we're far too individualized a society for people to go for that.

Answer 10

Although I believe that parents are the ones who shape their children, I do not believe that they are the sole cause for the mischiefs done by their offspring. Those around us shape who we are -- it is human nature, I believe, to want what we don't have, and this leads to corruption, crimes, etc. Of course, if we are raised by parents who tell us to look down upon those who are poorer and less fortunate, or just to pay no heed, then of course, we either rebel or follow them. So although parents do shape how we are, it does not have anything to do with poor or good parenting, just parenting in general.

I'm not sure if that makes sense.
Sixteen year old girl.